New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The NITI Aayog on Tuesday said it was working on a roadmap for full-scale implementation of methanol economy in the country in near future, which would not only curb pollution,…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday said the government is finally ready to provide fortified rice and wheat through Public Distribution System (PDS). He also said a note on…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The Raj Bhavans, or the official accommodations of the state Governors, may be developed as the ideal premises for environment conservation and as model green buildings, President Ram Nath Kovind…
Bengaluru, June 5 (IANS) A driver of ride-sharing firm Ola was arrested for allegedly molesting and forcing a woman passenger to strip in the cab on the way to the airport from home early on…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday apprised the 15th Finance Commission of measures taken by the Indian Railways to transform its operations and make trains more comfortable and safes for…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The revenue of India’s analytics and business intelligence (BI) software market will reach $304 million in 2018, an 18.1 per cent increase over the past year, according to a Gartner…
Taipei, June 5 (IANS) Mobile phone chipmaker MediaTek on Tuesday announced its first 5G modem “Helio M70” which, the company said, would be ready for commercial deployment in 2019. “Commercial availability of the modem would…
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) State-run copper producer Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL), which is focusing on exploration in order to assess copper reserve in its mines, on Tuesday said it is expecting its turnover to cross…
Mumbai, June 5 (IANS) Caution ahead of the RBI’s monetary policy review, along with negative macro-economic data point, depressed the key Indian equity indices on Tuesday. According to market observers, heavy selling pressure was witnessed…
Bhopal, June 5 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath said on Tuesday that the party’s bullock cart rally in the state capital during the day symbolises the people’s pain over the rising fuel prices…
New York, June 5 (IANS) Twitter’s stock jumped more than three per cent after hours following the news that the microblogging site will be added to the S&P 500 stock index before the start of…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) India will go ahead with the proposed purchase of five regiments of Russian-made S-400 Triumf advanced air defense system despite US concerns that the $5.5 billion military deal could limit…
Washington, June 5 (IANS) Ahead of next week’s scheduled meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, South Korean entities are facing increased cyber threats from Russian and Chinese hackers, a…
Mumbai, June 5 (IANS) Non-banking finance company (NBFC) Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd (BFIL) on Tuesday said it has received a no-objection from the stock exchanges for its proposed merger with private sector IndusInd Bank. BFIL,…
Chennai, June 5 (IANS) Heavy vehicles maker Daimler India Commercial Vehicles plans to sell around 200 units of its new Mercedes-Benz Super High Deck automatic coach this year as it hopes to log 80 per…
Shimla, June 5 (IANS) With Prime Minister Narendra Modi entrusting him the responsibility to lead Governors in expanding natural farming, Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Devvrat will coordinate and prepare a framework for making zero-budget natural…
Mumbai, June 5 (IANS) State-owned Bank of Baroda on Tuesday said it will hike its benchmark marginal cost of funds based lending rate (MCLR) by 5 basis points, across various tenures from June 7. “The…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the Modi government of coining empty slogans and useless acronyms. “MAKE (empty slogans and useless acronyms) IN INDIA… meanwhile, make our soldiers buy…
Beijing, June 5 (IANS) Air China said on Tuesday that it will restart flights between Pyongyang and Beijing. “Flights to Pyongyang are going to be resumed from tomorrow (Wednesday),” a spokesperson for the company’s Promotion…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Water levels in India’s major reservoirs are 10 per cent lower than normal whereas these are 50 per cent deficient in Himachal Pradesh, a factsheet by Climate Trends said on…